this endless present

Accompanying blog for the dreamzine, This Endless Present (available online at www.thisendlesspresent.com).
This Endless Present is a creative collective in which all content is inspired by, about, or related to dreams.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Karaoke. It's not for everyone. Historically, myself included. But lucky for us, there are karaoke lists that include a good number of our favorites: songs about dreams. As proof, a photo I snapped right from the songbook itself. I won't look at karaoke the same!

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

"Stuff your eyes with wonder,' he said, 'live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories..." -Granger, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Reading Bossypants, the current bestselling book by Tina Fey, I came across this amusing and very dream-typical scene from Tina's show, 30 Rock. It is so clever and accurate, as it demonstrates the sleeping brain's connections, representing an identity with another person's face/body, but they take it a step further and point out how ironic that is-

"Tracy, anxious over this change in his racial identity, dreams that he is on a paternity test episode of The Maury Povich Show with Thomas Jefferson. Played, for dream-logic and financial reasons, by Alec Baldwin.

MAURY POVICH: Sally Hemings just called you a dog, Thomas Jefferson.

THOMAS JEFFERSON (Alec Baldwin): I don't care. This is about Tracy. I rode a horse all the way from Heaven to tell him something. "

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

A hilarious yet inspirational speech made by Steve Carrel as Barry in Dinner for Schmucks, this is a silent and clever reproduction of his taxidermied mice dioramas and the "Tower of Dreamers" twisted into a wonderful internet delicacy by Dance Mad Agony on tumblr. Thanks DMA for making this and sharing it with the online community!

Friday, June 24, 2011

"Well I been sleepin' for 40 days
I know I'm sleepin' cos this dream's too amazing
She's got gold doorknobs where her eyes used to be
One turn and I learn what it really means to see...

Hey I been sleepin' for 60 days
Nobody better pinch me, I swear I'd go crazy

She's got jumper cable lips
She's got sunset on her breath
I inhaled just a little bit
Now I got no fear of death now..."
-40 Day Dream, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Official video:

A little background information on the group--

Edward Sharpe is an extraterrestrial being who was sent to Earth to help and heal humanity, however, he continually distracts himself from his mission when he falls in love... Lucky for us, he also makes great music! The band is planning for a second album in the near future, as well as solo projects from both Alexander (aka Edward Sharpe) and Jade.